William miller



WILLIAM MILLE-R, or' ostrmfei MASSACHUSETTS.'

Lettere vPatent Ne. 110,263, aeij'e Deeeniber 20,1810.

IMPRQVEMN'IN LOTHES-Pibhs.

. The Schedule ferez-red to in the Patent' and ofthe lento.

To wlw'nt may concern; Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILImn, of Boston, in thecount'y of Suffolk land State of Massachusetts,

have invented a new' and'-nsei'nigmprovcment inA GlothesPins and I do hereby dclare that the followingisfa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makel and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw? ing forming part of this specification.l e

This invention relates toa neivndnseinl improrement in pins for holding clothes on lines for drying, and consists in connecting two wooden jaws 'by a niei -tallic coil-spring, as*liereinai'ter. niorc fully described.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view,

-partly in seetion, of aclothcs-pin constructedaccording to my invention.

Similar let-terso` reference indicate correspondingparts.

A and B'ar'e two .wooden jaws of suitable size and" form, with beveled vends, as seen at C, and with cir,- cular eavities,-as' seen atl), to allow the two jaws-to be slipped onto and inclose. the line in a manner similar to-t-he ordinary clothes-pin. Y

The upperI ends. of' the jaws are square, as seen at E, or in any form for conveniently inserting the legs of -the coil spring.

-I? represents thejspring, 'which is formed of a single e piece of galvanized or other non-corrosive wire coiled inthe middle so as to form one or moreconvolntions fthe -spring.

ftogve sulicient elasticity to the `ends on legs of G G represent the ends of the `wire'm' the legs of the` spring.

Holes are bored inthe ends' ofthe jaws A B, and` ,a screw-thread nia-'y be cnt on' oneor both of the legs,

as se'en in the'drawi11g,'so that-'the"ja\ \'s may be screwed'on to one or4 both of .the legs; but I do not confine myself to thatparticular mode of connection,

sniicientlytight without the screw-tlnead. v '.llielegs Gare so situated or have such a relation to the coil H that, when the jaws are attached, the latter are forced together so aste inclose and securely hold' the clothes when placed on the line.

By'this combination'of wooden jaws with a metallic as -it is presumed that' the jaws may be drh-einen :spx-ing, arranged as described, a most perfect-and dnra- Y ble clothes-pin is formed, and at less expense than the ordinary metallic-'spring clothes-pin.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure/1);,v Letters Patentg ,The wooden jaws A B, beveled at 0,'hollowed at .1), and lsquared at E, combined as described with the non-corrosive spring F, having legs G and coil H, for the purpose s'peciiied Witnesses:` WILLIAM MILLER.l l

OIIAS. A. HECKMAN, Gmo. C. (kIAMBnnLAIN.A 

